Designator or enumerator.



No.694,730. Pa tentd Mar4, 1902.

N. L. COLLAMER & W. F. MAHUNY. 'DESIGNATOB on 'efluuanmon.

v V lpplication filed Nov. 14, 1991.) (No Model.)

JOHN DOE PRINTER DIRECTIONS -UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEWTON ncoL Ainns AND WILLIAM F. MAHONY, on WASHINGTON, DIS- TRIOT onCOLUMBIA, AssIeNoRs'ro sAID NEWTON L. COLLAMER, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICTor co UMnI DESIGNATOR OR ENUMERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 694,730, dated March4, 1902.

Application filed November 14, 1901. Serial No. 8231 7. N0 model.) 7

To all whom may concern.-' which latter is numbered, and pegs or plugsBeit known that we, NEWTON L. COLLAMER are inserted in the holes todesignate or inand WILLIAM F. MAHONY, citizens of the dicate the propernumber of the article op- United States, residing at \Vashington,Disposite which each peg stands. The other is 5 5' 5 trictof Columbia,have invented certain new a card or tablet having a series of names anduseful Improvements in Designators or along one edge and opposite thesame rows Enumerators; and we do hereby declare the of perforationsarranged in vertical lines following to be a full, clear, and exactdenumbered at their upper ends, anda marker, scription of the invention,such as will ensuch as a cord, is laced or rove through cer- 1o ableothers skilled in the art to which it aptrain of the perforations todesignate or indiperiains to make and use the same. cate as do the plugsin the instance above.

The present invention is a device for desig- The present inventiondiffers from these denating certain conditions, respectively, relavicesin that it has no pegs to become lost tive to names in a series, towhich end it is a and it requires no sewing or lacing of a cord. I 5designator as explained herein, and in the On the contrary, it can bevery quickly mapraetical application of this idea at present nipulatedto perform its desired work. the names are the titles of articles, whilethe In the accompanyingdrawings, which illusdesignations are numerals,and therefore the trate the broad idea in one of its many applidevicewhen so used is an enumerator in that cations and only a few of themodifications 20 it respectively indicates the number of each andamplifications of which it is susceptible, article. Figure I is a planview of the designator in its Broadly speaking, the present inventionpreferred form and used as a laundry-counconsists in a body havingseries of notches ter. Fig. II is a fragmentary view showing alongopposed edges, names printed adjacent several forms of notches. Fig. IIIis a simi- 7 2 5 the notchesin one series, designations printed lar viewshowing several forms of fastening adjacent the notches of anotherseries, and devices. Fig. IV is a plan view showing how an indicatorleading from a name-notch to a more than two series of notches could beemdesignation-notch; andspecifically the inployed. Fig.V illustrates onemodificationvention consists in the various means for carwhich may begiven the shape of the body. 3o rying out this general idea. Inconnection Fig.VI is a perspective view illustrating how with the above,an important feature which" the body might be solidhere a cube. Fig. maybe used is a fastening device for hold- 'VII is a plan view of the fouractive sides of ing the indicator (if the latter be a cord, the cubelaid out so as to show its operation. which it usually is) after thesame has been Fig.VIIl shows a modification of the indica- 3 5 woundabout the body to produce several tor, here illustrating two forms ofelastic designations, and specifically this fastening cords which mightbe employed. Fig. IX is device is by preference a series of slits formeda perspective view illustrating how the body in the edge of the body andinto which the might be reinforced at some or all of its edges. cord maybedrawn. These details are sus- Fig. X is a plan view showing the use ofa 4o ceptible of modifications, some of which are plurality ofindicators of different color. Fig. shown, and the entire device may beampli- X1 is an edge View of one form of metallic lied to a considerableextent, as will be unbody. 1 derstood. a f Referring to the drawings, 1is the body,

Heretofore devices for attaining substanwhich is by preferencea piece ofcardboard 5 5 tiallythe same end have been constructed in of therequisite size, shape, and stiffness. By a variety of ways, of which twoonly need be preference it is rectangular and oblong, as mentioned inorder to point the difference best seen in Fig. 1, although it could bebetween them and the present invention. square, diamond shape, oval, orof any other One is a body with a series of names printed suitableshape, Fig. V illustrating the body 50 upon it and opposite them ahorizontal row as round in contour. It is only necessary of holesarranged in vertical lines, each of that in the simplest form of theinvention there be at least two edges which are opposed to each other.In Fig. I these are the side edges, in Fig. IV the lower end is also employed, and in Fig.V four opposed edges are shown, as will be described.Along the opposed edges are formed notches 2, which may be of any ofmany shapes, several being shown in Fig. II. It is only necessary thatthese notches be distinct, sufficiently deep, and by preferenceequidistant, so as to facilitate printing adjacent to them, and bypreference the notches are formed by cutting the card with a corrugatedor an angular-shaped knife-edge, as shown near the top of Fig. II. Alonganother opposed edge are formed other notches, which may be similar tothe first set in shape or not. By preference they are the same in shapeand spacing and for the same reason. Adjacent one edge is printed aseries of pictures, characters, or words constituting names, as shown at3 in Fig. I, and adjacent the opposed edge is printed a series ofpictures, characters, words, letters, or numerals constitutingdesignations 4, as shown at the right'edge of'this View. The 'names maybe names of persons or of articles, and, in fact, by the term names isintended to be included anything which can be arranged in one seriesorin more than one series along this edge. The designations are bypreference numerals, such as abstract numbers, as shown in Fig. I, orconcrete numbersthat is to say, the designations 4 might be arranged inone series or in aplurality of series, such as pounds and ounces,thendozens,then pints and quarts. Itis even possible that the designationsmay. be other than numerals, to which end the term designations isintended to convey any condition relatively to the names which it may bedesired to indicate. As an illustration, the names might be names ofpeople and the designations might be names of cities to which thosepeople had been sent, or both names and designations might be propernames and the indicator to be described below would connect the names inone series with the names in the other and designate that the twopersons mentioned had been paired off for some reason of which it wasdesired to make note.

5 designates the indicator, which in the preferred form of the inventionis a piece of cord attached at some suitable point to the body 1. InFig. I it is attached to an eyelet 6 at the top of the card, by whichthe latter is hung up; but it is clear that the indicator could beattached at one end to the card in any other manner. It would be withinthe scope of this invention, if a permanent record were to be made, touse a line, as of ink or pencil, for the indicator, or anything elsethat would lead from one of the names to one of thedesignations. In Fig.VIII the indicator 51 is an elastic cord and the indicator 52 is anelastic band leading completely around the body 1, and thereforeavoiding the necessity for any independent fastening, as at 6 orelsewhere,

since its own body at the rear of the card serves as such fastening.

In Fig. X there are two indicators 53 and 54, and this view illustrateshow a plurality of indicators of different color could be usedsimultaneously on the same card, one of which, for instance,to designatea gentlemens wash and the other ladies wash. With the simplest form ofindicator, which is a piece of tape,cord, or string, after it has beenwound around the card to produce the proper designations, some provisionmust be made to fasten the free end in order to prevent theindicatorfrom uncoiling or unwinding by its own weight, and thus undoing the workof designation. Withoutlimitingthe invention to the use of any specialform of fastening means, the simplest form is probably a series of slits10 cut inone end of the card, as indicated in Fig. I. Other forms areshown in Fig. III with the cord indicator 5 wound around to engage withsome of them. At the bottom of this view is illustrated an eyelet 101,and the cord indicator could be strung throughthat eyelet and allowed tohang or could be tied into the eyelet with a bow-knot. Of course thefastening means could comprise something attached to the face of thebody or driven into it; but it is preferred to retain the simplicity ofparts as far as possible.

In Fig. IV is illustrated how there might be three sets of notches 2,and herein they are shown along each side edge and also along the lowerend. In the-bottom of one'of said notches in the lower end in this viewis cut a slit 105, which illustrates how this or any other notch couldbe continued into a fastening device, and thus serve a double function.In Fig. V are illustrated four sets of notches 2. In Figs. VI and VII isillustrated a cube or square stick,whereof the two faces 102 and 103 aremarked adjacent their opposite corners with names and designations andthe two remaining faces are blank. These faces may be reserved for theadvertising matter 15, which may occur where indicated in Fig. Iandelsewhere throughout the various views, provided it does not conflictwith the matter necessarily printed upon the body. In the commonpractice at the present time these devices are made in great numberswith a merchants advertisement upon them, as at 17, and are given away,as is well understood. At 16 in Fig. I'may be printed directions forusing the device, which may also be printed upon any form.

Printing has been spoken of. It is clear that the marks upon the bodycould be made in any other way, and it is within the scope of theinvention toprint or otherwise form such marks as are permanent and toleave some or all of the names and designations blank, as by making thebody of celluloid or slate, to permit writing thereon and erasingtherefrom. Instances may occur where a plurality of designations aredesirable in connection with one name, as shown in Fig. IV.

' case are notches 2 in the lower end of. the" card opposite any printedmatter desired, inthe present instance being words relative to Bypreference the indicator is led last to the fastening device, and thelatter may be in such form as to itself constitute a designation, asshown at the top of Fig. I,;or,i.if

preferred, the mouth of the slit may be enlarged, as shown at 105-inFig. IV, so that the device becomes a combination designationnotch andfastening means, and possibly the slitsshownat the top ot thisv-iewcouldbe then omitted. In Fig.1X theedges of the card arestifiened by bentmetal clamps 20, which themselves carry the notches 2, while the card isplain. This view also illustrates how an additional strip 21 of paper orcard might be inserted beneath the clamp so as to change thedesignations and how a similar strip could beused adjacentthe other edgeso tening, thence behind the card, and through a left-hand notch 2opposite a name-word 3. In Fig. I it leads first through the notchNightshirt; The cord 5 is then carried across the'face of the card 1 andthrough a right-hand notch opposite theproper. designation, In-Fig. I itpasses through the notch opposite 3, which indicates that. threenight-shirts have been sent tothe wash. The cord is then wound in asimilar manner all the way down the card. In Fig. I it is led next toShirts and then. across to 5 to indicate that five shirts have gone tothe wash, and so on. Finally, the cord is led to the fastening device,if it be employed. In Fig. I it would be led from the notch opposite 8obliquelyupward anddrawn tightly into a slit l0 opposite the day of theweekon which the wash is expected to be returned. As shown in Fig. I, arow of price-numerals 39 is placed opposite the words 3,-and in this useof the device these are the prices, re-

spectively, which the laundryman charges for washing the variousarticles. 1 It is obvious that these prices are .entirelyseparate anddistinct. from the abstract numerals .4,

and it isclear that suchv prices or other data could be employed inconjunction with'the name-words if. the use of the article made itadvisable. In Fig. IV between the designa tion of the number of variousgarments that are sent and the designation of the day of the, return thecord passes through an inter1ne-- diate series of designations, whichinthis the natureof payment. -In :FigrV the cord starts at 60, passesbehindthe body, connects the names 31 withthe designations 41, thenpasses againbehind the body and connects:

the names 82 with the, designations-42, and

changed at will.

necessary to describe in detail. that the clamps could be permanentlysecured upon a single body ofcardboardorother delicate material, and ifthe strips 21 then returns to the point 33 to repeat the operation. Thusit will be seen that a plural- 'ity' of series of designations may-beaccomplished on asingle card by a single indicator. In FigsVI and VIIone system of designations may occur onthe face 102 and another systemon the face 103, the indicator where it passes across the faces 15designating nothing; In FigJVIII one indicator 52 may remain on thecard, while the other one, 51, may be In Fig-X two systems ofdesignations may be efl'ected on the same "card by two indicators ofdiiferent color.

Fig. IX opens a field for modifications not It is clear are to beinserted the clamps 20 must be ca;-

pable of receiving two thicknesses. Itwould be possible to make theentire body of metal,

with turned-over edges notched at theirbends, and then insert a card, orit would even .be'

possible to'bend the metal body in theshape shown in Fig. XI, so as toform two channels, into whichtwo cards could be inserted, one carryingthe names and the other designations, either or both of-which aretherefore changeable, as desired. It is not intended-to limit the scopeof this patent- 'to the exact shapes,i sizes, proportions, or materialsof parts, and the patent clearly does not limit the use'of the inventionto laundry-'cardsor designations by way of numbers for the reasons aboveexplained.

specification.

What is claimed as newis- To thisend'the claims" below-areintended tocover the broadest con-'- 'struction consistentv with the intent of thisICO series of notches in opposed edges,- names-adjacent one series,designationsadjacentian opposed series, and an indicatorleadi-ng from' anotch opposite a name netchopposite a designation. v I

2. Adesignator comprising a body having series of notches inopposededges, -names adjacent one series, designations adjacent anopposed series, and a fieXibleindica-tor attached to the body andleading thence around it,

first-through a notch opposite a name, thenthrough a notch oppositeadesignationwhich it is desired to connect with that name, then behindthe body, and so on; 1

" 3. Adesignatorcomprising a bodyhaving series ofnotches inopposededges, names adjacent one series, designations adjacent an opposedseries, a flexible indicator leading;

through a name-notch, thence through a designation-notch, and so on, anda fastening device to which the indicator is finally attached.

.4; A designator comprising a body havingseries of notches in'opposededges, names adj acent one series, designations adjacent an 0pposedseries, .a' flexible indicator leading througha name-notch,thencethrough a designation-notch, and so on, and a fastening deviceconsisting of a slit in the body through which the indicator is finallydrawn.

5. A designator comprising a body having series of notches in opposededges, names adjacent one series, designations adjacent an opposedseries, a flexible indicator leading through a name-notch, thencethrough a designation-notch, and so on, and a fastening deviceconsisting of a slit formed in the body at the bottom of a notch throughwhich the indicator is finally drawn.

6. A designator comprising a body having series of notches with wordsadjacent them, a flexible indicator adapted to be wound around the bodythrough certain notches, and a fas-' tening device consisting of aseries of notches with a slit at the bottom of each notch, words alsobeing printed opposite these notches.

7. In a designator comprising a body and a flexible indicatorsubstantially as described, a combined designation and fastening deviceconsisting of a series of slits cut in the edge of the body and intowhich the indicator may be drawn, and words opposite said slits.

8. In a designator comprising a body and a flexible indicatorsubstantially as described, a combined designation and fastening deviceconsisting of a series of notches in the edge of the body with a slit atthe bottom of each notch for the purpose set forth, and words oppositesaid slits.

9. As a new article of manufacture, a laundry-counter or the likecomprising a body having series of notches along its opposed edges,names of articles of wash opposite one series, abstract numeralsopposite the other series, price-numerals respectively opposite thenames, a flexible indicator adapted to connect the notches in pairs asdescribed, and means for holding the indicator in place.

10. A designator comprising a body having series of notches in opposededges, names adjacent one series, designations adjacent an opposedseries, a flexible indicator leading through a namenotch, thence througha designation-notch, and so on, and a fastening device consisting of aseries of slits through one of which the indicator is finally drawn,these slits themselves having designations marked opposite thereto.

11. An enumerator or designator comprising a rectangular body havingnotches along its side edges and a series of slits along one end, namesadjacent one series of notches, numerals adjacent the opposite series ofnotches, designations adjacent the slits, an eyelet near the upper endof the body, and a cord tied near one end into said eyelet, as and forthe purpose set forth.

12. An enumerator or designator comprising a rectangular body havingnotches along its side edges and one end and a series of slits along theother end, names adjacent one series of side notches, numerals adjacentthe opposite series of notches, designations adjacent the end notchesand the slits, and a cord tied near one end to the body, as and for thepurpose set forth.

13. A designator comprising a body having series of notches in opposededges, with series of words opposite each series of notches, and anelastic indicator adapted to be led from a notch of one series to anotch of another.

14. A designator comprising a body having series of notches in opposededges,.with series of Words opposite each series of notches, and aplurality of flexible indicators of (lifferent color, each adapted tolead from a notch in one series to a notch in another, and each capableof use independently of the other.

15. A designator comprising a comparatively delicate body with names inseries along opposed edges thereof, comparatively strong clamps coveringsaid edges and themselves provided with notches opposite the names, andan indicator adapted to lead from a notch at one edge to a notch at theother.

16. A designator comprising a flat body, clamps along its opposed edgesand provided with outwardly-facing notches, strips held by the clampsagainst the body and marked with series of words spaced to standopposite said notches, and an indicator adapted to lead from a notch atone edge to a notch at the other.

In'testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

NEWVTON L. OOLLAMER. WILLIAM F. MAHONY. \Vitnesses:

F. R. FITTON, E. M. BRANDT.

